Biodiversity of Fungi: Inventory and Monitoring Methods

neers neers of Authors and Contributors Introduction PART I: General Issues 1. Fungi and Their Allies 2. Preparation, Preservation, and Use of Fungal Specimens in Herbari a 3. Preservation and Distribution of Fungal Cultures 4. Electronic Information Resources 5. Fungal Biodi versity Patterns 6. Molecular Methods for Discriminating Ta xa, Monitoring Species, and Assessing Fungal Diversity PART IIA: Recommended Protocols for Sampling Particular Groups of Fungi: Dir ect Collecting and Isolation Protocols for Macrofungi and Mircofungi on Soil, Wood, Leaves, Lichens, and Other Substrata 7. Fungi o n Living Plant Substrata, Including Fruits 8. Terrestrial a nd Lignicolous Macrofungi 9. Lichenized Fungi
10. Sequestrate Fungi PART IIB: Recommended Protocols for S ampling Particular Groups of Fungi: Isolation Protocols for Readily Cult urable Microfungi Associated with Plants 11. Microfungi on